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[ash48]

Um.

FUUUUCCKKK! YEEAAAHH! \o/ Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' about! WOOOOOOOT!

That, ladies and gentlemen, is why I love my show!! LOOK AT THAT!! (oh thank you thank you. I feel I can officially welcome you back show. *wipes a tear of relieved happiness*)

And SERGE directed it \o/ - his first one. As soon as I saw that beautiful opening shot in the street I wondered who directed. When his name came up I almost clapped! (I knew he was directing an episode but I had forgotten which one). He did a great job! What a fabulous episode to be given to direct.

God I loved that!

Here's why...

* HISTORY! That opening montage filled me with fangirl glee. (and here I was thinking Carver had forgotten what's gone before - though it does cement that he remembers those first few seasons but not what came after maybe?). Hearing "saving people, hunting things, the family business" made me weak at the knees.

* Dean's speech about saving Sam.... I CAN'T EVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't...*hyperventilates*

* DEAN!! Oh Dean. This is everything I love about Dean - the passion, the protectiveness, the lack of trust of strangers, the woobyness when he talks and think about John, his strength, his snarkiness, his glare of death.... There was a lot of character consistency here. He reacted the same way when he first met Adam. And even though Dean has said things negative about John in the past in his heart he DOES know he did his best. Jensen really sells how much Dean loved John. He really was his hero.

* New epic myth arc. \o/ There's something really interesting here and I am SO excited. Looks like there's lots of potential to build on the Men of Letters and The Box. Looks like Sam and Dean had a destiny that wasn't just Michael and Lucifer condoms. They are Legacy. (I'm thinking the Aquarian Star might be the new tattoo - I think I want one!!)

* Sam and Dean. Dean and Sam. Just...yes. Thank you.

* Sleeping Winchesters. I love sleeping boys (er...men) and Henry watching over then is so sweet. And it was brought to my attention that Dean ends up sleeping curled around what started out as Sam's pillow. I LOVE THIS!! THEIR EPIC LOVE IS FOR REALLY REALZ!

* FAMILY! There's was wonderful sense of family again. Bringing John back into the story like that added a wonderful depth. It's so messed up but there's so much heart there. I think just the mention of John brings back all those things I loved about Season one.

* THE WINCHESTER MUSIC THEME! I think that's what it was - hearing the tune that IS the family theme. It's like putting on comfy slippers whenever I hear it. (I'd have to check, but I think it's been AGES since we've heard it). Wonderful to hear it a couple of times in the ep. <333

* The dialogue was snappy and clever. Lots of great references. HA! They Mayans got it wrong.

* THE SIZE OF THE GRAVE THEY DUG! HA! It was huge. Digging a grave would be hard work. I love that they have to make it big enough to fit them both in it. And it's always so neat! ;))

* I REALLY liked Henry. Strong performance.

* I REALLY liked Abaddon. She was sexy cool. (I was hoping she wasn't going to die. I thought she might have been the new big bad. Though... she's not reeeallly dead is she?, so.. you never know) Someone was apparently controlling her so we have a lot more to find out yet!

* DEVIL's TRAP in a bullet. Oh man. What I love about this is the IDEA of it. Just when you think they've done everything that is possible with a Devil's Trap they carve it into a bullet. :D *handwaves* how damn hard that would be because they'd have to include the sigils and everything but....IDEA! \o/

* Sam and Dean. Seriously. They were just so comfortable together. There was so much warmth and love and familiarity.

* I like the way they skirted around the dreaded time travel paradox. Henry died so it works.

* JOHN WOULD BE PROUD! Oh fuck...I can't...*reaches for the paper bag*...*breaths* That might have been my favourite moment. John would be incredibly proud. They are such fine men.

* Sam had a salad! It cracks me up...a man that big would need more than a salad to get through a day. I love the continuity of that though.

* I love that Garth keeps getting mentioned. They are treating him like junior Bobby.

* The motel room was awesome. I can't wait to take a closer look at that one.

* FINAL SCENE!! Oh yes. YES YES! They talked liked they used to. *HEARTS*

* "It's the price we pay". That came up a couple of times and...well...yes. The hurt, the pain, the sacrifices - that's the price. And it's interesting (and I think very in character) that Sam seems to accept that whereas Dean accepts it but he's always somewhat bitter about it.

* and EVERYTHING else!

This, for me, is an episode that reflects the very heart of this show. The boys watching out for each other (omg! Kidnapped Sam - I think I nearly had a coronary when Sam's life was up for trade - Dean's faaaceee....), family history, Sam and Dean reflecting on their lives....*happy sigh*


Other stuff....

So. What the hell was with the first half of this season? Was it a reset? Was it about putting Sam in a different head space? Maybe it was to remind Dean just how much family still means to him? (not that he needs reminding). Was it to tie up the end of S7? Was it purely to have them at odds with each other - just to create dramatic tension? Or to make them even stronger together maybe? That episode was so far removed from ANYTHING that went on in the first half. There was no mention of anything that had gone before. Not that there needed to be, but it was such a different feel to what's come before.

Perhaps it was a set up to get Amelia pregnant - I'm not putting this past them. It would mean another Winchester. ;) It would be one hell of a season finale if say Sam had to watch him (maybe her) get killed. Imagine how powerful that would be considering he has a son of his own. Pure speculation of course but there HAD to be a reason for them sleeping together when they met up (other than them not being able to keep their hands off of each other? *head scratch*. And I say killed (or die) because there's no way they'll be travelling around with a baby on board. It would make for another tragedy in their lives.

And as much as I want them to be past the Sam and Amelia story line I would love to see it come back just to MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL! I'd love to see it fit into this whole new arc.

Um..also. It's 2013. The year Dean had before Sam appeared and the year just gone by, um...didn't happen? It would be more like 2015 yeah? I have no issue with that but if they keep giving us "One year later" they need to factor that in don't they?



Ok. I feel like I've been reset. THANK YOU!!

ALL THE WARM FUZZIES!!

And now I leave you with this because.... HOLY FUCK!! ARMS!! HAIR! SLEEPINESS! DEAN HUGGING SAM'S PILLOW! TEE-SHIRTS!!! SAAAyumMMMMM!!!!! *iz dead*

Comments

[el1ie.livejournal.com]

On the one hand I feel like someone's baked me the perfect chocolate cake, with chocolate filling and chocolate icing with chocolate curls....on the other hand I have this horrible sinking feeling the eggs were off!

I wish I could celebrate and be happy without thinking about the future, but this episode has been really unsettling to me in a lot of ways that I don't think I can explain.

I did really like it though, I shall sit here and just admire the cake I think.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Oh...yum. That cake...*drools*

I can't say I was left feeling unsettled at all, but with everything we've been through it's a little hard to suddenly be totally trusting of anything they are doing. I'm just reveling in each episode that I don't find boring.

*hugs*

[el1ie.livejournal.com]

Oh YES! The cake is indeed magnificent, it's dark and rich and all the filling could have so much potential!! HEE!

Honestly though, I've had a peek at the trailer for next week and this seems to be everything I've been wanting for a long time, I think we even talked a lot during last season that what was missing was the personal touch and why are both brothers doing this at all and I've been disappointed to start this season off in the same vein - guess I really had pinned my hopes on Sam's search and rescue of Dean and the awesome potential that could have been purgatory.

I think I'm mainly unsettled now about how they're going to tie this in to the first 10 episodes and how much more interference of known canon it flies in the face of...if it carries on as a total shift of perspective but mainly going forward, then I'm going to be very, very happy indeed.

I don't think every second of past canon could ever be totally tied up in one single cohesive story, but I am very interested in hearing more of this new family connection. The guy they cast of Henry was really good I thought, I could hear John's speech patterns reflected easily in his opening lines and I felt really good about how they treated John's memories and legacy this time around.

I also enjoyed feeling a little more menaced by demons again - Abaddon was certainly a powerful entity. I'm not yet entirely sure what she was? Were they saying she was a "dark knight" as in a more powerful demon because she was a fallen angel and not a demon/human hybrid or are the "dark knights" something else?

So, Naomi is maybe thinking the angel tablet's whereabouts is in the depositary of Letters? Maybe actually in there? I don't know, but I'm hoping for some really good story lines to be built on these mysteries.

Did you see the promo for next week? If so, what did it remind you of?

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Oh yes I agree. I think the potential with this new direction is exciting - but knowing what has gone before taints it a little (especially thinking about how they are going to end up tying it into the tablet (etc!) myth arc).

And Adaddon is the first demon I have felt was truly evil and creepy. Most demons are pretty ho hum (considering how powerful and scary they were when they were first introduced). And the type of demon she was might be something we'll learn more about (hopefully? And maybe who she's working for? Or maybe that was Lucifer....)

So, Naomi is maybe thinking the angel tablet's whereabouts is in the depositary of Letters?

Hmmmm... curious. Does she even know about the Men of Letters? I am seriously hoping for some great stories to come out of all of this. So great (believable) twists and turns. :))

I did see the promo for next week. And the clip. And the pics.... (tooo delicious....)

ooooh what does it remind me of?? *yikes* I don't know.... what does it remind YOU of? (I've only watched it once. I'm stupid with spoilers atm. I kinda watch through my hands. I WANT to know that everything will be ok, but at the same time I really don't want to know what's going to happen...)

I am reeeallly looking forward to this one....
xx

[el1ie.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm... curious. Does she even know about the Men of Letters?

I'll wait and see if this is explained, but right now in my head I tend to think of many of the angels that have power in heaven would certainly have known about them - the manipulation of the apocalypse by both demon and angel was a huge and long project - I'm presuming of course that Naomi IS some sort of angel - but maybe not?

This is why I'm unsettled really, apart from the fact of "why didn't they try to contact Castiel to heal Henry", right alongside that is Castiel himself saying he's watched the earth and it's people for thousands of years...wouldn't he have known about these "Men of Letters" and their powers of tapping into a human soul and ability to time travel?

MUST STOP OVERTHINKING IT!

Anyway, first thing that popped into my head when Dean turned on the lights in the library? Oooh, wonder how many "hurt!Sam" stories THEY'VE got!